National Audubon Society sanctuary located in southwest Florida, established to protect one of the largest remaining stands of bald cypress and pond cypress in North America
General Information
Full-time college student (with valid school ID): $10.00
Children 6 to 14: $6.00
Children under six: Free
How to Get There
From Fort Myers (47 miles): Get on I-75 S from FL-82 E/Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Follow I-75 S to Immokalee Rd in Collier County. Take exit 111 from I-75 S. Follow Immokalee Rd to Rookery Ln.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a National Audubon Society sanctuary located in southwest Florida, north of Naples, Florida and east of Bonita Springs. The sanctuary was established to protect one of the largest remaining stands of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (T. ascendens) in North America from extensive logging that was ongoing throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Park offerings and amenities
A boardwalk of a little over 3 km (1.9 mi) length provides walking access through pine flatwoods, wet prairie, stands of pond cypress and bald cypress, and marsh ecosystems within the sanctuary.
The sanctuary is a gateway site for the Great Florida Birding Trail. It is an important breeding area for the endangered wood stork and other wetland birds. It also has wintering passerines, including the painted bunting. Numerous wading bird species can be found in the wetlands of the sanctuary, including the yellow-crowned night heron, black-crowned night heron, tricolored heron, great egret, and snowy egret. Specialist birds include limpkin, barred owl and, in summer, swallow-tailed kite.
American alligators and cottonmouth snakes are also inhabitants of the sanctuary.
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